---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 9205"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "9205"
heading: "Budget and report"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/9205"
units:
  - "Chapter 116 — National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility"
---

# §9205. Budget and report

- (a) **Budget—** Concurrently with each budget submission to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture, the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Homeland [Security](/usc/7/24.md?p=b), and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, as required by Homeland [Security](/usc/7/24.md?p=b) Presidential Directive 9, shall jointly submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget an integrated budget plan for the defense and protection of the food supply of the United States, including the operation and use of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility.
- (b) **Report—** Not later than 60 days after the date on which the budget of the United States Government is submitted by the President under [section 1105 of title 31](/usc/31/1105.md) for each fiscal year, the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture, the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Homeland [Security](/usc/7/24.md?p=b), and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies shall jointly submit to Congress a report describing an integrated budget plan described in [subsection (a)](#a), which shall be consistent with the budget submission of the President under that section for the defense and protection of the food supply of the United States, including the operation and use of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–260, div. P, § 6, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2161.)